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package com.github.actionfx.core.bind;

import java.util.List;

import com.github.actionfx.core.view.View;

/**
 * Interface for resolving a field into a control that acts as a binding target.
 *
 * @author koster
 *
 */
public interface BindingTargetResolver {

	/**
	 * Resolves the given {@code bean} and {@code view} to a list of
	 * {@link BindingTarget} describing the relation between controls inside the
	 * view and a field value inside a bean hierarchy.
	 *
	 * @param bean the root bean instance holding values to bind to controls
	 * @param view the view holing controls
	 * @return the resolved {@link BindingTarget}s
	 */
	List<BindingTarget> resolve(Object bean, View view);

}
